Resiliently mounted adjustable compensating means for garment pressing machines



Nov. 18, 1947. N. MONSARRAT 2,431,271

RE SILIENTLY MOUNTED ADJUSTABLE COMPENSATING MEANS FOR GARMENT PRESSING MACHINES Filed July,7, 1944 5 Sheeis-Sheet 1 FIGJ IN VEN TOR.

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RESILIENTLY MOUNTED ADJUSTABLE .GOMPENSATING MEANS FOR GARMENT PRESSING MACHINES Filed July 7, 1944 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVEN TOR.

Nic w/flmwa/mat fiatenteci Nov. 18, 1947 RESHJIENTLY M O U N T E D ADJUSTABLE COIMPENSATING MEANS FOR GARMENT PRESSING MACHINES Nicholas Monsarrat, Seekonk, Mass., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Pantex Manufacturing Corporation, a corporation of Delaware Application July 7, 1944, Serial No. 543,872

My invention relates to improvements in resiliently mounted adjustable compensating means for garment pressing machines.

An object of my invention is to provide a compensating means which will compensate for variations in settings between the head and buck for different thicknesses of garments to be pressed and for variations in the quality and wear of the padding on the buck and/or head and which will also provide a resilient means which Will yield to permit complete closing and locking of the press if used alternately on thick and thin garments with the same setting. Said compensating means preferably comprises a portion of the actuating means and includes broadly an axially extensible portion of the actuating means and resilient means for connecting it to said pressing lever, providing a mounting means for the connecting portion of the actuating means which is both (1) resiliently angularly tiltable to compensate for the varying angles of adjustment between said pressing head and buck and, hence, said pressing lever and connecting means where the adjustment is made and (2) is also resiliently compressible to compensate for any variations in the thicknesses of the successive garments being pressed with the same setting.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a structure which will function whether the resilient connection is between the actuating means and the pressing lever or in which actuating means is also directly connected with the pressing lever at another point such as if a bell crank lever be employed as in my prefered embodiment shown. A further object of my invention, therefore, is to provide such a type of device as just described in combination with a bell crank lever connection between the actuating means and the pressing lever.

A further object of my invention is to substantially eliminate the shock of rebound by means of my improved resilient mounting connecting the actuating means to the pressing lever as said improved resilient mounting functions as a cushioning means to act as a spring control buffer for all the shocks of operation to provide a device that is substantially silent in operation.

A further object of my invention is the provi sion of a device for this dual purpose, namely, (1) of adjusting for angularity and (2) to automatically compensate for variations in the thicknesses of the garments being pressed, which is constructed of a minimum number of strong, simple parts.

These and such other objects of my invention 8 Claims. (C1. 38-36) 2 as may hereinafter appear will be best understood from a description of the accompanying drawings which illustrate an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an end elevation of a garment pressing machine equipped with my invention.

Fig. 2 is aplan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section through the rear end of the pressing lever and connected parts of my invention showing the adjusting shaft in elevation and employing a bell crank embodiment of my invention by which the distance between the head and buck is angularly adjusted.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section view of the same parts shown in Fig. 3 after an angular adjustment of the pressing lever has been made illustrating how the resilient disk portion of my invention tilts for this purpose.

Fig. 5 is a disassembled perspective view of the parts of the axially extensible portion of the actuating means and the resilient means I employ for connecting it to the pressing lever.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic side elevation of the pressing lever of a pressing machine equipped with the bell crank embodiment of my invention showing the web of the pressing lever in section with the parts adjusted for pressing a thin garment.

Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic side elevation of the same parts of a pressing machine equipped with my invention shown in Fig. 6 illustrating how the resilient mounting means for the connecting means is resiliently compressible to compensate for a thick garment successively pressed on a pressing machine with the partsset as shown in Fig. 6.

In the drawings, wherein like characters of reference generally indicate like parts throughout, I0 generally indicates a garment pressing machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Said garment pressing machine preferably has a frame l2 with coacting pressing elements and an actuating means therefor mounted on said frame. The stationary buck I4 is rigidly mounted on said frame l2 as usual and the pressing lever I6 is pivotally mounted as at 18 on said frame l2 and has a pressing head 20 mounted on the work arm thereof and the actuating means 22 therefor connected to the power arm 24 of said pressing lever I6. In the embodiment of my invention shown, the pressing lever I6 is preferably constructed of a forked formation having the horizontally spaced arms 26 connected near the rear end thereof by the vertical web 28 and also connected by the connecting bar 38 near the front end thereof from which may project the operating handle 32. I have shown in the drawings a standard type of foot press in which the foot pedal 38 pivots the links 36 and 38 of the toggle 48 into alignment to close the press end out of alignment to open the press through the medium of the link 42 and lever 44 of the secondary toggle 48 which through the medium of the connecting link 48 operated by the foot pedal 34 moves the link 36 of theprima'ry toggle 49 into vertical alignment with the'link "38 thereof to tilt said pressing lever I8 to a closed position.

As stated hitherto, my invention i; nclu des'an adjustably extensible portion 58 of the actuating means 52 for said pressing machine comprising the foot pedal 34, the secondary toggle 46 and the primary toggle 48 or supplemental connecting means therefor to the pressing lever which expansible connecting portion 58 is resiliently connected to the pressing lever preferably by means of the resilient mounting means'54 therefor on said pressing lever I6 about to be described. While said adjustably extensible portion 58 may form part of an of the links of said actuating means, more particularly the upper link 38 of the primary toggle 48 or a supplemental connecting means connecting any of said parts of the actuating means to the pressing lever, in my preferred embodimentI have shown it employed in association with a bell crank lever 58 to form an auxiliary connection between said actuating means 52 and said pressing lever IS in addition to the main point of connection '58 which comprises the pivot 58 for said bell crank lever 58 mounted on the rear end of power arm of said pressing lever. Said bell crank lever 58 has a power arm 88 projecting rearwardly thereof connected to said actuating means 52, in the embodiment shown, to the upper link 38 of the primary toggle 48 and a work arm 62 preferably of greater length to cause a greater amount ofpower to be applied through the pivot point 58 to the pressing lever I8. The axially expansible connecting portion 58 is thus interposed between said work arm 82 and the web 28 of said pressing lever i8 being connected thereto by the resilient mounting 54 and pivotally connected as at 54 to the upper end of the work arm 62 of, said bell crank lever 58. In the embodiment shown, one portion of said axially expansible means 58 comprises threaded means 68 pivotally mounted as at 64 on the work arm 62 of said bell crank lever 58 and in the preferred embodiment-shown, comprising a socket 88 formed by the threaded hole 78 in a clevis I2 having each respective arm I4 thereof pivotally mounted on each end of said pivot pin 84. The other portion of said axially expanding connecting means 58 com-prises a rotatable adjusting shaft I8 having a handle I8 rigidly secured to the front end thereof as by the pin 88 extending through a projection .82 therefrom extending within a socket 84 in said handle I8, said shaft 18 having a threaded rear end 85 threadedly adjustable within the threaded hole I8 of said socket 68.

In order to provide the resilient .mounting means 54 for said connecting means 58, the web 28 of said pressing lever I6 is provided with the hole 88 and may be provided with concentric flexible disk holding sockets 98 and 82 in the front and rear edges thereof around said hole '88. Said resilient mounting meansfor the front end of said connecting means 16 on said. pressing 4 lever comprises in addition to the hole 88 in said web 28 just described, a sleeve 94 non-rotatably surrounding said shaft I6 and extending through said Web hole 88 to abut the rear edge of said handle I8 as at 98 having a stop 98 on one end thereof and its opposite end constructed to mount clamping means thereon. In' the preferred embodiment shown, the stop 98 comprises a disk 98 as shown in Fig. 5 rigidly affixed to the front end of said sleeve94 and the rear end of said sleeve is threaded as at I88.

In the preferred embodiment shown, my resilient mount-ing comprises the flexible resilient disks I82 and I84 abutting respectively the front and rearof theweb 28 preferably as in the embodiment shown fitting into the respectivesockets ,98 and 92 provided for this purpose concentric with the hole 88 in said web 28 and means for on the sleeve 94 in the manner hereto described and a lock nut I88 adjustable on the threaded'end I88 of said sleeve 94t0 clamp said disks I82 and I84 respectively against the front and rearwalls of said web and .against said front stop 98. The flexible disks I82 and I84 may be constructed out of any suitable material such as rubber, cork,-

felt, or leather. In the embodiment shown, in addition to mounting the disks I82 and I84 in said sockets 98v and 92, I provide each respective disk with a flexible disk containing .cu -I I8-and I-I2 respectively, interposed respectively between said disk I82 and stop 98 and disk I84 and lock nut I88 to keep dust and dirt, etc. from contacting said disks. The edges of the cups also function to confine the edges of the disks against radial expansion.

or its containing cup H2 and the lock nut I88 which functions in association with the stop 98 as said foredescribed clamping. means. If the sleeve 94 be employed-for mounting the disks and clamping means therefor thereon, it must be looked in fixed relationship .on said shaft is,

mounting 54 on the front end of said connectir igv means 58. d

Fig. 5 diagrammatically illustrates a disassembled exploded view of thefiparts :of my improved fiexible mounting 54 and expansible connecting means 58 and it is apparent from an inspection thereof how the parts may be respectively assembled. a

When it is desired'to change the angular adjust-;

ment between the head 2-8 and buck I4, the handle "I8 ,may be turned to expand the extensible portion 58 to pivot the pressin lever Iii-relative to the bell crank lever-58 in the manner shown;

therein, the flexible disks I82 and I84 of the resilient mounting means 54 angularly yielding in the manner shown for this purpose from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown in Fig. 4.

Figs. 6 and 7 diagrammatically illustrate the second function of my improvedresilient mounting, namely, to yield suflic-iently to, permit a thicker garment I28 to be occasionally pressed as shown in Fig. 7 with-the, adjustment shown If desired, a supplemental washer I I4may be interposed between said rear disk 184 in Fig. 6 for a thinner garment I22, the front flexible disk I02 readily compressing in the manner shown for this purpose.

It is apparent that I have provided a novel type of resiliently mounted adjustable compensating means for garment pressing machines which is resiliently angularly tiltable to compensate for the varying angles of adjustment between the pressing lever and connecting means and, hence, pressing lever and pressing buck and also is resiliently compressible to compensate without resetting for variations in thicknesses of successive garments being pressed with the other advantages described above.

It is understood that my invention is not limited to the specific embodiment shown and that various deviations may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a garment pressing machine, a frame, a stationary pressing buck mounted on said frame, a pressing lever having a pressing head on the work arm thereof pivotally mounted on said frame intermediate the ends thereof having a vertical web adjacent the pivot point thereof, having a hole therein, and front and rear sockets for flexible disks on each side thereof substantially concentric with said hole, actuating means for said pressing lever, a bell crank lever pivotally mounted on the power arm of said pressing lever and having a power arm projecting rearwardly thereof connected to said actuating means therefor and a work arm of greater length projecting upwardly therefrom having an internally threaded socket pivotally mounted thereon, a rotatable adjusting shaft having a handle on the front end thereof extending rearwardly through said web hole and having a threaded rear end threadably adjustable in said socket, a sleeve non-rotatably surrounding said shaft extending through said web hole to abut said handle having a stop disk on the front end thereof and a threaded rear end, a flexible disk containing cup mounted on said sleeve in rear of said stop disk, a front flexible and resilient disk mounted on said sleeve and contained between the front socket in said web and said cup, a rear flexible and resilient disk mounted on said sleeve in the rear socket in said web, a flexible disk containing cup mounted on said sleeve in rear of said rear flexible disk, and an adjusting nut clamping said cups and flexible disks against each side of said web and against said stop disk, and lock nut means mounted on the threaded rear end of said shaft abutting said sleeve.

2. In a garment pressing machine, a frame, a stationary pressing buck mounted on said frame, a pressing lever having a pressin head on the work arm thereof pivotally mounted on said frame intermediate the ends thereof having a web having a hole therein, actuating means for said pressing lever, extensible connecting means having a handle and extending through said web hole and having a rear end connected to said actuating means, a sleeve non-rotatably surrounding said extensible shaft also extending through said web hole abutting said handle and having a stop on one end thereof, flexible and resilient disks each having a central hole mounted on said sleeve on the front and rear of said web, means for clamping said disks against each side of said web and against said stop, and means on said shaft for clamping said sleeve against said handle.

3. In a, garment pressing machine, a frame, a stationary pressing buck mounted on said frame, a pressing lever having a pressing head on the work arm thereof pivotally mounted on said frame intermediate the ends thereof having a web having a hole therein, actuating means for said pressing lever, extensible connecting means having a. handle and extending through said web hole and having a rear end connected to said actuating means, flexible and resilient disks abutting the front and rear of said web and means for clamping said disks against said web and against axial movement on said connecting means.

4. In a garment pressing machine, a stationary pressing buck, a pressing lever having a pressing head, actuating means for said pressing lever having an adjustably extensible portion and angularly resilient, pivot compensating buffer means axially resilient in opposite directions connecting said extensible portion to said pressing lever.

5. In a garment pressing machine, a frame, a stationary pressing buck mounted on said frame, a pressing lever having a pressing head on the work arm thereof pivotally mounted on said frame intermediate the ends thereof, actuating means for said pressing lever, a bell crank lever pivotally mounted on the work armrof said pressing lever, having a power arm projecting rearwardly thereof connected to said actuating means and a work arm projecting upwardly therefrom, axially expansible connecting means projecting forwardly from said bell crank lever and angularly resilient, pivot compensating buffer means axially resilient in opposite directions connecting the front end of said expansible connecting means to said pressing lever.

6. In a garment pressing machine, a frame, a stationary pressing buck mounted on said frame, a pressing lever having a pressing head on the work arm thereof pivotally mounted on said frame intermediate the ends thereof, actuating means for said pressing lever, axially expansible connecting means projecting forwardly from said actuating means and angularly resilient, pivot compensating buffer means axiall resilient in opposite directions connecting the front end of said expansible connecting means to said pressing lever.

7. In a garment pressing machine, a frame, a stationary pressing buck mounted on said frame, a pressing lever having a pressing head on the work arm thereof pivotally mounted on said frame intermediate the ends thereof, actuating means for said pressing lever, a bell crank lever pivotally mounted on the work arm of said pressing lever, having a power arm projecting rearwardly thereof connected to said actuating means and a work arm projecting upwardly therefrom, axially expansible connecting means projecting forwardly from said bell crank lever and mounting means on said pressing lever for the front end of said connecting means resiliently angularly tiltable to compensate for the varying angles of adjustment between said pressing lever and connecting means and resiliently compressible to compensate without resetting for variations in the thicknesses of successive garments being pressed.

8. In a garment pressing machine, a frame, a stationary pressing buck mounted on said frame, a pressing lever having a pressing head on the work arm thereof pivotally mounted on said frame intermediate the ends thereof, actuating means for said pressing lever, axially expansible connecting means projecting forwardly from said {REEERENCE-S CITED The fdlld'v'ving references are-of recegd iii: the file-of 'this patent': 

